Turpentine-cup and attachment.



' PATENTED AUG. 27, 1907.

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I A7TA E J. J. PALMER. TURPENTINE 0UP AND ATTACHMENT.

AHLIOATIOI FILED HAB- 33.1901.

JOHN JACKSON PALMER, OF MADISON, FLORIDA.

TURPENTINE-CUP AND ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 27, 1907.

Application filed March 23,1907. Serial No. 364,148.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, .TonN JACKSON PALMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Madison, in the county of Madison and State of Florida, have invented a new and useful Turpentine-Cup and Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain devices used in col lecting turpentine; and are intended for use in collecting turpentine by the well known Herty method, which consists in chipping the bark from a suitable part of a tree and in the exposed surface cutting two gashes, with an ax, extending in a downward direction or towards each other in which are placed gutters for conveying the gum which collects on them towards a vessel hung from the tree. As these cups fill they are removed from the tree, emptied and returned again.

The object of the present invention is to improve the form of receptacle or cup by making it'rectangular in stead of circular in cross section; by making the back of the cup which rests against the tree perpendicular to the bottom; and by having the sides and front, con

verge slightly from the open top to the bottom. Forming a part of the back of the cup is a flange, by means of which, the cup is suspended from the tree.

Referring to the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view of the improved device applied to a tree as seen from the front. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view I of the cup attached to a tree a portion of the tree being tending downwardly toward each other and at such an angle to the surface of the tree that when the plates or gutters 3-4 are placed longitudinally therein they will incline downwardly towards the tree in a transverse direction, by which means they are made self supporting and not liable to drop out of the cuts as has previously been the case when the cuts or gashes l and 2 were made in an upward direction. The gutters 3 and 4 are made of flat sheet metal of suitable length and width to serve the purpose for which they are intended.

Below-the downwardly converging ends of the plates 3-4 is suspended a cup 5 for receiving gum collected in the gutters 34. The cup 5 is rectangular in cross section and has a height about the same as other forms of cups used in this business. The bottom 6 of the cup is fiat and its back 7 is made perpendicular to the bottom, and when in place rests against the tree in vertical position as may be clearly seen in Fig. 2. The side walls 8 converge slightly at equal angles from the top of the cup and the front 9 also converges towards the bottom but at a greater vertical angle than the sides 8. At

tached toor formed integrally with the rear side 7 of the cup is a flange 10 bent rearwardly at an angle to the back and extending a short distance beyond the sides of the cup as at 11--11.

To attach the cup to a tree a horizontal gash 13 is made a short distance below the gutters 3-4 in an upward direction. Into this gash the flange 10 of the cup 5 is placed and nails 12 are driven into the tree below the projections 11, by this simple means the cup, a though securely held in place, may be removed for emptying when it becomes filled.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:- i

A cup for collecting turpentine made rectangular in cross section with a flat bottom, diverging side and front walls extending up from said bottom and a flat rear wall perpendicular thereto having a straight rearwardly inclined flange on its upper edge, the ends of which project beyond the sides of the cup and form brackets to rest on supports driven into a tree.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN JACKSON PALMER.

Witnesses i J. E. HASSELL, .T. H. HAVEN. 

